[Milsurplus] Paypal Farce

[Mark Richards]

Military1944 at aol.com wrote:
> Well, seems all the hype Paypal and Ebay spout about themselves is pure
> bunkum.
> Having received an item, paid for using Paypal, which turned out to be
> not as advertised I made a claim.
> Paypals reply:
> Our investigation into the following transaction is complete. As stated in
> our User Agreement, the claims process only applies to the delivery of
> goods. It does not apply to complaints about the attributes or quality of
> goods received. Therefore, we are unable to reverse this transaction or
> issue a refund.
> So, apparently, Paypal are quite happy to give your money away for any
> rubbish, whatever it is, so long as you receive it. Now, I don't know
> about you but that's what I call 'Protection'!!.
> I intend taking the matter to the UK Trading Standards. I suggest anyone
> else (in the UK) does the same and those in other countries contact
> their consumer agencies.
> The seller?, a chap in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. BEWARE.
> Ben.
>

Would we go after a newspaper who published a bum classified?  E-bay is 
providing a means of communications and trade, not the item itself. Yes, 
E-bay/PayPal provides a means of transaction, but at arms length.  You 
are not purchasing from PayPal or E-bay, but from another entity.

I am hard-pressed to find any reason to complain to them.

"Wire fraud" is a crime just about everywhere I suspect. 
Misrepresentation of what is being sold versus what was delivered could 
most certainly be considered a crime (may rise to a criminal level if 
above a certain amount).  Why not go after the creep via authorities in 
their country?

/mark richards